hydatid cyst (hc) is a parasitic disease that may involve many organs, especially the lung and the liver. pulmonary artery location of the hydatid cyst is extremely rare, but it may cause life-threatening complications. we report a case of a hydatid cyst that completely filled the left main pulmonary artery and its distal part without cardiac involvement. thoracic computed tomography showed fil...

To test the hypothesis that coronary flow and coronary flow reserve are developmentally regulated, we used fluorescent microspheres to investigate the effects of acute (6 hr) pulmonary artery banding on baseline and adenosine enhanced right (RV) and left ventricle (LV) blood flow in two groups of twin ovine fetuses (100 and 128 d gestation, term 145 d; n = 6 for each group). Within each group, ...

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Remodeling of right coronary artery (RCA) occurs during right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) induced by banding of the pulmonary artery (PA). The effect of RVH on RCA endothelial function and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vessel wall remains unclear. A swine RVH model (n = 12 pigs) induced by PA banding was used to study RCA endothelial function and ROS level. To obtain longitudinal coronary ...